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Friday, 13 March 2015

Burrowing Horror from Reaper and Open Combat

I have a lot of things half-finished
on my painting table at the moment but this one is now qualified to move into Alex.

It’s loot from the Reaper Bones II
kickstarter, the Burrowing Horror sculpted by Jason Wiebe. In D&D you would
call it a Bulette or Land Shark.

I had an idea in my head how I wanted
it to look and the result is a bit off from that idea, but I am rather
satisfied with how it turned out anyway.

Paints used:

First a coat of Vallejo 904 Dark Blue Grey
all over.

The scales were heavily drybrushed
with 983 Flat Earth and finally a light drybrush of 874 Tan Earth.

Belly and underside only got a heavy
drybrush of 874.

The backside of the large fin on its
back looks like a grille on a car and in my mind it’s a breathing organ, something like
gills. I painted the depressions with 944 Old Rose, progressively thicker the
deeper into the grooves.

Everything got a wash of Army Painter
Strong Tone ink and finally a matte varnish.

Don’t miss the kickstarter
for the Open Combat rules. I’ve already bought the PDF-rules and they do
look like a great set of skirmish rules for pre-gunpowder historical or fantasy
settings. You essentially build your own force with whatever miniatures you
have with a very easy points system. It really looks great and I’m very keen to
try out the rules.

Anyway, here’s the chance to kickstart
the physical rules-book and at the moment you’ll get a hardcover book for a
good price. I can really recommend this relatively cheap kickstarter that end
on March 21st.

You can listen to two Meeples and Miniatures
podcast on the rules and the kickstarter for more information. Links on the
kickstarter page.

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